The Root Cellar, formerly 123 Ramen, is open. The restaurant transformed into a small market with house-made pantry staples from Anna Witham including bone broth, kimchi, pickled onions, peanut sauce, chai, fig pickles, hot sauce, spice mixes and so much more. Dive into the refrigerated case and you’ll find a few grab-and-go bites, or order […]
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Sunday Suppers Benefit Local Farms
In celebration of Earth Month, Wild Oregon Foods is hosting a Sunday supper to benefit two local farms, Casad Family Farm and Rainshadow Organics. Both farms had a rough winter with damage to their buildings and land. The money raised will help these farms as they approach the start of the Central Oregon growing season. […]
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Goat Questions? Answers at 18th Annual Goat Education Day
Love goats, beyond how easy they are to use in puns? The 18th Annual Goat Education Day is for you. The kid-friendly day includes educational classes, raffle, vendors, a beer garden and breakfast and lunch from Bad Boys BBQ. Classes tackle goat crafts (soap making and fiber), cooking (goat meat and cheese making) as well […]
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Foodie Feats: A Pictorial Peek
The Source eating (and drinking) team works its way through a host of food spots to arrive at this year’s Restaurant Guide winners
Week after week, year after year, the Source eating (and drinking) team has a tough job: Eat (and drink). And then tell readers what we thought about it. It’s a challenging gastronomical feat under any conditions, but once a year, the stakes get higher. Every spring, the Source eating (and drinking) team sets its sights […]
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Bend Bowls Opens at 9th Street Village
Bend Bowls is serving up buddha bowls, aka hippie bowls or macro bowls—basically bowls of delicious, healthy food. Best friends and owners Lorena Mathers and Stormie Van Patten said they started the food truck to offer amazing healthy food options and show their girls that dreams can become reality. “We can’t believe the love and […]
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Longtable Dinners
It’s time for the first long table dinner of the season on the farm at Rainshadow Organics. Farm fresh produce, grains and meats are prepared by a guest chef and dinner includes appetizers, salads, a seasonal entrée and dessert. Live music will fill the evening air and guests wanting to imbibe can bring their own […]
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Let’s Talk About Salt
Move over wine and cheese, this party is salty
No kitchen is complete without salt. It’s a basic human taste, used in every cuisine. Salt enhances the flavor of food and brings it to life. At most restaurants in the U.S., when we ask for salt, we get table salt—stocked in most homes, along with possibly Himalayan pink salt. But take a look at […]
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Honey and Pine Coffee Company Opens New Location
Drive-thru coffee shop Honey and Pine Coffee Company opened its third location on 9th Street and Wilson Avenue in Bend, in the same complex as the Green Leaf Garden Center. The menu includes espresso beverages, hot chocolate, real fruit smoothies, Italian soda, tea, an energy drink made from the lotus flower and donuts. Honey and […]
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Foodie Crawl Benefits NeighborImpact
The Foodie Crawl is combination pub crawl and progressive dinner—a celebration of local food through small plates and beverage pairings from chefs and restaurants in downtown Bend. Locations include 10 Below, 900 Wall, Barrio, Bonta Gelato at Townshend’s Tea House, Currents at the Crater Lake Tasting Room, J-Dub, Joolz, Salud Raw Foods, Spork at Crow’s […]
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Dinner and a Movie
Redmond’s Odem Theater offers a full bar and full menu, plus entertainment
Dinner and a movie is a classic date night—but in the era of Netflix-and-chill dating culture, you may be lucky if your date invests enough time for just the movie, or just the dinner. Date nights for the time-strapped are one thing Ted Eady had in mind when he opened the Odem Theater Pub in […]
